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Nothing can sustain a system that is in overshoot... Resiliance... is not the strength to hold back the tide, but the strength to bend without breading as the tide inevitably rushes in.

— Steve Hallett The Efficiency Trap (2013)

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Cellular systems, ecosystems, and civilizations are, at base, thermodynamic systems.

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America does not have to rely on vast volumes of oil and natural gas to make food.

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Fixed energy limits have not limited the progress of nature.

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A society that supports a wealthy few at the expense of the larger population is unlikely to persist.

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It is too late to slow this runaway train down before it tumbles into the chasm.

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